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Neko Case on World Cafe | September 18, 2013

Neko Case's new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, expands upon the fiercely intelligent singer-songwriter's gifts for music that's both innately infectious and rooted in intense, accessible emotions. Wednesday's installment of World Cafe features an intimate session with Case and her favorite collaborator Kelly Hogan — plus Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf) accompanying on keyboards and guitar.

Aside from the stunning set, the session features an insightful conversation with the singer-songwriter. During a far-reaching discussion, Case delves into the depression that influenced the writing of the album and touches on everyday life at her farmhouse in Vermont. (via World Cafe)

Tracklisting

(( )) for interlude music

HOUR 1

Neko Case “People Got A Lot Of Nerve” Middle Cyclone
Neko Case “Things That Scare Me” Blacklisted
Dawes “Most People” Stories Don't End
The Dismemberment Plan “Waiting” Uncanney Valley
((Neko Case “Calling Cards” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Neko Case “Night Comes Still” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Neko Case “I’m From Nowhere” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Neko Case “Local Girl” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Neko Case “Calling Cards” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
((Neko Case “Night Comes Still” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Kelly Hogan “Daddy’s Little Girl” I Like To Keep Myself in Pain
Leonard Cohen “Tower of Song” Live In London
((Low “Clarence White” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))

HOUR 2

The Pretenders “My City Was Gone” Learning To Crawl
John Prine “That’s The Way The World Goes Round” Bruised Orange
Mark Knopfler “I Used To Could” Privateering
((Megan Reilly “Throw It Out” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
James Blake “Retrograde” Overgrown
David Bowie “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” The Next Day
Villagers “Nothing Arrived” Awayland
Jake Bugg “Two Fingers” Jake Bugg
Laura Mvula “Green Garden” Sing To The Moon
Laura Marling “Master Hunter” Once I Was an Eagle
((Patterson Hood “Heat Lightning Rumbles In the Distance” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
Dada “Dizz Knee Land” Puzzle
Til Tuesday “Voices Carry” Voices Carry
Haim “The Wire” Days Are Gone
Calexico & Iron & Wine “History of Lovers” In The Reins
Joan Armatrading “Dry Land” Back to the Night